Horse-collar-stuffing machine.



Patented Aug. 3, 1909. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION FILED OUT. 8, 1908.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Application filed October 8, 1908. Serial No. 455,735.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. CoLLnrr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collar-StuffingMachines and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in horse collar stuflingmachines.

The object of the invention is to provide in one machine facilities formaking different grades of collars.

Heretofore, a positive feed of short straw to a reciprocating feed rodthrough means of an auger has not been obtainable, but such results areobtainable through the means hereinafter described in connection withmeans for regulating the feed of straw by a foot lever.

Precedinga more detailed description of the invention, reference is madeto the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1, is a side elevation ofthe machine in its entirety. Fig. 2, is a rear elevation. Fig. 3, is anenlarged sectional view of the hopper and the auger and rod-feedingdevices.

In a detail description of the invention, similar reference charactersindicate corresp onding parts.

The hop er 1 is suitably supported upon a frame-worr and is designed toreceive the straw to be fed to the collar said hopper is joined to ahead 2 in which an auger 3 is made to revolve, said auger being attachedto a shaft 4 extended perpendicularly through the hopper said auger lieswithin the throat of the head 2 and extends approximately to within aquarter of an inch of the feed rod. Attached to the shaft 4 above theauger, is a spiral blade 5 which acts upon the straw and forces it belowto the anger, the latter during its rotation, delivering said straw tothe feed rod 6 which reciprocates in the head 2 below the throat and theauger. In the head 2, there is an aperture below the throat and in whichis placed a bushing 7 said bushing being open as at 8 so that the strawfed by the auger may come in contact with the reciprocating feed rod '6.This feed rod reciprocates within the bushing 7 and within a pipe 9which is united to the head in alinement with the bushing through meansof an extended portion 8 of the head which is exteriorly screw-threaded.By substituting bushings and pipe of smaller internal diameter,different size collars may be stuffed equally as well as larger sizes.

It will be understood that the head 2 is constructed in two parts, thebase and the upper portion, said parts 1 eing united by bolts and nuts10. The screw-threaded portion 8 of the head, is composed of the twoparts of the head, and the pipe 9 is projected into said screw-threadedportion, and then a nut 12 is screwed onto said screw-threaded portionto clamp the pipe rigidly within said screwthreaded portion. The pipe 9,it will be understood, is projected into the horse collar (not shown)and the straw is forced through said pipe by the reciprocating feed rod6 and is packed into the collar. The feed rod 6 is of wellknownconstruction and is clearly illustrated and is attached at its upper endto a cross head 13. The cross head is operated from the crank 14 througha connecting rod 15.

In Fig. 2, the feed rod 6 is shown projected through the lower portionof the head 2 beneath the auger as in Fig. 3, and in this view,to-witFig. 2, the pipe 9 is also shown eX- tending from the head 2. Thecrank 14 which drives the feed rod 6, is driven from a main line shaft(not shown) through a friction wheel. 16 which is engaged by a frictionclutch 17 operated through a shifting lever 18, said shifting lever 18being controlled through a foot lever 19 to be again referred to. Thefriction wheel 16 also drives a counter shaft 20 arranged above thehopper and through the medium of a friction wheel 21 and a clutch member22 adapted to engage said friction wheel 21. The clutch member 2 isshifted by means of a lever 23 similar to the shifting lever 18. Fromthe pulley 21 is driven a pulley 24 on the counter shaft 20, saidcounter shaft being journaled in brackets 25 which are fixed to theframework of the machine. The pulley 24 is connected to a ulley 26 bymeans of a cross belt, and the atter pulley is on the upper end of theshaft 4 which supports the auger feed 3. The levers 18 and 23 areadapted to throw in and out the auger and rod feed, and these levers areconnected with a foot treadle 30 auger feed.

through the lever 19 hereinbefore referred to. The connecting rod orlever 19 at its upper end is attached to a toggle 27, the ends of whichare loosely connected to the ends of 5 the clutch-shifting levers 18 and23.

The feed rod is operated by the short end of the toggle, while the screwfeed is operated by the long end; it being necessary that the rod feedshall begin before the auger feed, it thereby being impossible to clogthe feed pipe This important feature of the rod working independently ofthe auger, enables the operator to ram or pack the already-delivcredstraw more solidly in any desired part of the collar, such for example,as that por- 20 tion of the collar lying under the hame tug where thegreater pressure comes upon the collar. Then, by slightly depressing theloot treadle, the auger will resume feeding.

When the foot treadle engages the upper notch 28 in the lever bracket,the friction wheel 16 is caused to revolve, thus working the feed rod,and a further depression of the 'foot treadle causes it to engage thelower notch 29 to engage the clutch 22 to work the The length of theauger from its shoulder is approximately three and a half to fourinches.

3O designates two brackets which are arranged adjacent to both ends ofthe toggle lever 27, and are rigidly attached to a cross bar 31 to whichthe clutch levers 18 and 23 are pivoted. These brackets support screws33 which pass through their lower ends, and springs 32 which surroundsaid screws and engage the under sides of the shifting levers 18 and 23.These devices control the pressure on the friction wheels 16 and 22 asfollows: Then the wheel 16 is caused to revolve the crank 14 whichthrows the feed rod, the

pressure is stopped by the adjustable righthand screw 33 throwing allthe pressure upon the other friction lever 23 and starting the augerfeed. The chief feature of the screw and spring associated with thelever 23 is to serve as a safety stop; the spring working on the longend of the toggle 27 initially returns the lever 28 to its normalposition, thus allowing the means for driving the feed rod 6 to continueworking until all pressure due to the foot lever 19 is relieved, whenthe lever 18 is also returned to its normal position through its spring82.

I claim:

1. In a horse collar stufiing machine, a head having an inclined bore, ahopper mounted in said head and communicating with said bore, a pipeconnected with said head in a plane with the bore, a feed bar lyingwithin said incline bore and the pipe, an auger mounted in the hopper,means for rotating the auger, means for reciprocating the feed bar, andmeans common to both the auger-rotating means, and the feedbar-reciprocating means whereby the movement of the auger and themovement of the feed bar are controlled.

2. In a horse-collar stuffin machine, a head having an incline bore, ahopper mounted in said head and communicating with said bore, a pipeconnected with the head and providing a continuation of the bore, a feedbar movable within said bore, an auger mounted in the hopper andextending in proximity to the bore in the head, means for rotating saidauger to feed the straw to the feed bar, said rotating means comprisingamong its members a clutch, means for reciprocating the feed bar to packthe straw fed thereto in a collar, said lastnamed means also comprisingamong its members a clutch, and means for controlling the two clutches,said clutch-controlling means being adapted to release the auger clutchin advance of the feeding bar clutch.

3. In a horse collar stufling machine, a head having an incline bore, ahopper mounted in said head and communicating with said bore, a pipejoining the head and communicating with the incline bore therein, feedbar lying within said bore and pipe, an auger within the hopper andextending in proximity to the bore in the head, means for rotating saidauger, means for reciprocating the feed bar, and means for controllingthe movement of the feed bar and auger whereby said feed bar isinitially started and the auger is initially stopped.

In testimony whereof I afhx my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. COLLETT. Witnesses:

CAROLYN M. THEOBALD, lllatrrn'nw SIEBLER.

